OpenAI apologizes for big Mixpanel data breach that exposed emails and more – here's what we know

• OpenAI has apologized for a data breach that compromised one of its partners
• Mixpanel, a data analytics outfit that OpenAI used, had its systems breached
• The leaked details pertain to software developers using OpenAI's developer platform, and not everyday users of ChatGPT

OpenAI has issued an apology for a data breach suffered by one of its partners that has caused some emails, user locations and telemetry data to be leaked.

Mixpanel is the third-party in question, a data analytics outfit that OpenAI used with its platform.openai.com portal. This is OpenAI's developer platform (used by software developers to integrate AI functionality into their products) for which Mixpanel facilitated web analytics.

It's important to note that this is not a breach related to ChatGPT, but to said analytics company which is entirely separate from OpenAI. The details leaked only relate to software developers ...